Pocket-knife.



I. E. HOTGHKISS. rooxp'r KNIFE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1914.

1,104,896. Patented July 28, 1914.

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ISAAC E. HOTCI-IKISS, 0F KENSINGTO'N', CONNECTICUT.

POCKET-KNIFE.

Application filed January 22, 1914. Serial No. 813,741.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. Ho'roHKIss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kensington, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket-Knives; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a side view of a pocket knife constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a rear view of the same. Fig. 3" a view in vertical section. Fig. 4: a sectional view on the line a-b of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 a sectional view on the line c-0Z of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 an inside plan view of the handle member before the sides are folded together.

This invention relates to an improvement in pocket knives, and particularly to concavo-convex sheet metal handles for the same. In the usual construction of sheet metal handles for knives it is necessary to leave the sides of the handles fiat or to fill the members with blocks or bearings so as to produce a bearing surface for the blade which is pivoted in the handle and also to provide forthe support of the spring.

The object of this invention is to strike the concavo-convex handles up from a single piece of sheet metal and so construct the end that a blade may be properly riveted between the sides of the handle without the interposition of any separately formed bearing blocks; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I form two sides 2, 3, from sheet metal connected together by a web tthis web being shorter than the length of the handle so as to leave a notch 5 at one end for the spring and blade, and a notch 6 at the opposite end for the spring 7 which is of substantially usual form located between the two sides and rest- Specification of l letters Iatent. Patented J u ly 28, 1914. 2

ing at points against the web l. The sides 2 and 3 are concavo-convex and are formed depressions forming bridges or integral blocks 8 and 9 and providingbearing sur-' faces for the riveted end 10 of a blade 11 which is secured to thehandle by a rivet 12 extending through the bridges or blocks and through the blade. The riveted end 10 of the blade bears upon the spring 7 in the usual way. Bythus striking up the handles I provide afirm bearing or support for the at their outer ends with inwardly. struck blade which may be riveted so as to fit closely between the sides of the handle and also provide for the movement of the spring.

1. A pocket knife having its concavo coning shorter than the sides of the handle 1 whereby notches are formed at opposite ends,the one end of the handle formed within its outer end with inwardly projecting integral transverse blocks, and a blade pivotally connected between the sides of the handle between said blocks.

2. A pocket knife having its handle portion formed from a single piece of sheet metal and comprising two concavo-convex side pieces connected together by an integral web, the web being shorter than the side pieces whereby notches are formed at opposite ends, a spring located between said side pieces and'extending at opposite ends into said notches, the side pieces of the handle formed within its outer end with transversely arranged inwardly projecting in- ISAAC E. HOTCHKISS.

presence of two ,sub-

Witnesses ISAAC F. MILES,

EVELYN M. FLETCHER.

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